Quincy Reporter

City of Quincy City Council met July 29.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

Note: All items presented are subject to final action.

PUBLIC COMMENT

PETITIONS

By the Rotary Club of Quincy requesting permission to conduct a raffle and have the bond requirement waived from now through July 24, 2025. The City Clerk recommends approval of the permit.

Ward 7 Special Event Application for a QHS-QND Football Fundraiser on August 24, 2024, at The Scoreboard, 234 South 8th Street. Closure of York Street, 7th to 8th from 12:00 p.m. (noon) to 11:00 p.m. and the City provide barricades is requested. Residents and businesses along the street closure will be notified a minimum of two weeks prior to the event. The Quincy Police Department recommends approval of a Live Entertainment/Public Gathering License and waiver liquor ordinances. The applicant has submitted all required documentation and approval is recommended by the Department of Utilities & Engineering.

Ward 7 A Revocable Permit for Encroachment of City Right-of-Way from Josh Craig of Craig Industries, Inc. requesting permission to install a concrete pad, fencing, and nitrogen storage tanks on City owned right-of-way at 325 Payson Avenue. The Engineering Manager presents this request subject to six conditions.

REPORTS OF THE QUINCY PLAN COMMISSION

Ward 3 Recommending APPROVAL of the development of the Kingbird Energy Storage Project, 4000 Kochs Lane, zoned M3 (Planned Industrial) subject to approval of a site plan for the project.

Ward 3 Recommending APPROVAL of the development of the Phoebe Energy Storage Project, 4101 Kochs Lane, zoned M3 (Planned Industrial) subject to approval of a site plan for the project.

Ward 7 Recommending APPROVAL of a Special Permit for Planned Development to allow for outdoor storage at property located at 330 South 5th Street, 419 Kentucky Street and 421 Kentucky Street.

Ward 3 Recommending APPROVAL to subdivide (two-lots into five-lots) property located at 1230 Duck Harbor Road and an adjacent 20-acre parcel under the small tracts subdivision ordinance with the condition that the proposed private access road be extended to provide 150-feet of street access to each of the five proposed lots as required by City Code.

Ward 5 Recommending APPROVAL to subdivide (one lot into two) property located at 1210 Maas Road under the Small Tracts Subdivision Ordinance with the condition that the required 150-feet of street frontage in an RU1 zoning district be reduced to approximately 115’ for the southern-most lot established by the subdivision.

Ward 1 Recommending APPROVAL to rezone property located at 2251 North 5th Street from R1C (single family residential) to C2 (general commercial) and 2301 North 5th Street from R1A (single-family residential) to C2 (general commercial), to allow for further commercial use.

RESOLUTIONS

Chief of Police and IT Department recommending approval to purchase 25 HP Z2 G9 Workstation – i7 desktop computers from SHI, of Somerset, NJ, in the amount of $30,431.25.

Chief of Police recommending approval of the annual fee be paid to STARCOM21-Motorola Solutions in the amount of $12,168.00.

Resolution authorizing demolition – Fix-Or-Flatten Program (Bid of $23,500 from R.D. Shaffer Trucking, Inc. for demolition of 1001 Chestnut St. and 924 Payson Avenue.)

ORDINANCES

First presentation of Ordinances entitled:

Ward 3 An Ordinance Amending Title VII (Traffic Code) Of Chapter 82 (No Parking Zones) Of The Municipal Code Of The City Of Quincy Of 2015. (“No Parking Zone” on both the west and east sides of North 30th Street between Broadway and Chestnut Streets, and that prior parking restrictions on this section of North 30th Street be removed.)

Ward 1 An Ordinance Amending Title VII (Traffic Code) Of Chapter 82 (No Parking Zones) Of The Municipal Code Of The City Of Quincy Of 2015. (Adding parking in the parkway on the east side of North 2nd Street, from Locust Street north to the alley.)

REPORT OF FINANCE

https://www.quincyil.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/638/638569953980870000